L&T Dispatches 700 MWe Steam Generator to GHAVP ahead of schedule

Hazira (Surat, Gujarat), March 10, 2022: The Heavy Engineering arm of Larsen & Toubro, flagged-off the fourth Steam Generator (SG) for NPCIL’s indigenously designed 700 MWe Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) to be set up at Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana (GHAVP) in Fatehabad district of Haryana. The ceremony took place at L&T’s state-of-the-art Heavy Engineering Complex …

Top U.S. Nuclear Power Provider ‘Fully’ Backs Russia Sanctions

Constellation Energy Corp., owner of the largest U.S. fleet of nuclear power plants, would support “any limits” Washington may impose on Russian uranium. The company has enough nuclear fuel to run its reactors for multiple years and is working with vendors to head off any potential supply disruptions, Bill Gibbons, a spokesman for Baltimore-based Constellation, …

U.S. Weighs Sanctions on Russian Uranium Supplier Rosatom

The Biden administration is considering imposing sanctions on Russia’s state-owned atomic energy company, Rosatom Corp., a major supplier of fuel and technology to power plants around the world, according to people familiar with the matter. No final decision has been made and the White House is consulting with the nuclear power industry about the potential …

Olkiluoto 3 grid connection expected within days

Commissioning tests are progressing well at Olkiluoto 3, with grid connection now expected to take place on 15 March, Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has said. Finland’s fifth nuclear reactor reached first criticality in December and is now undergoing commissioning tests before being synchronised to the grid. TVO yesterday said it had “tested the production of …

S. Korea likely to return to nuclear power generation under new govt.

South Korea is likely to make a U-turn from its yearslong nuclear phase-out drive as President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol has vowed to scrap the policy and make the country a powerhouse in nuclear power generation. President Moon Jae-in has championed breaking away from nuclear energy since his inauguration in 2017 by retiring old plants and refraining …

Dow considering nuclear power at two U.S. production sites -CEO Fitterling

U.S. chemical maker Dow Inc is considering adding nuclear power systems at two production sites to reduce pollution, said Chief Executive Jim Fitterling at the CERAWeek conference in Houston on Wednesday. “We are considering nuclear at a couple of sites,” Fitterling said. “It would take those entire sites to net zero.” He declined to identify …

Zaporizhzhia NPP, status update

For the fourth day in a row, the Zaporizhzhia NPP and the Enerhodar city remain under the control of Russian military units. Two power units of Zaporizhzhia NPP are in operation and are connected to the grid, one unit is in outage, the others are in the shutdown mode. Operational personnel monitor the state of …

World’s fourth Hualong One unit connected to grid

Unit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan was successfully connected to the gird on March 4, laying a solid foundation for its commercial operation. Karachi unit 3 is a Hualong One overseas demonstration project and the fourth Hualong One unit around the globe. Its connection to the grid means that all four Hualong …